DO NOT JOIN MICRO TEAM - Associate QC Scientist - Microbiology AbbVie Employee Review

1.0
Feb 5, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Abbvie is a great company. Benefits are the best and compensation is competitive.

Cons

My only cons apply to the QC Microbiology group. Management is rude beyond belief. Employees in the group are intimidated by management so they don't speak up about mistreatment (someone should report them to the Department of labor). Vacation time must be requested 1 year in advance! It is hard to change the culture of the group, management only blames employees for anything that goes wrong, nobody really talks to anyone, everyone sits in their cube to eat lunch, nobody in the group goes to company activities. I was extremely sad to leave such a great company but being in that toxic group was awful. After I couldn't take it anymore I was lucky to find a different job and never looked back!

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